Platax orbicularis Orbicular batfish

Platax orbicularisis commonly referred to as Orbicular batfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Platax orbicularis
German:: Gewöhnlicher Fledermausfisch
English:: Orbicular Batfish

Category:: Batfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ephippidae (Family) > Platax (Genus) > orbicularis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forsskål, ), 1775

Occurrence:: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Africa, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West-Atlantic Ocean, Yemen
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tides.
Sea depth:: 5 - 30 Meter
Size:: 17.72" - 19.69" (45cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Aiptasia, Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Worms, Zooplankton
Tank:: 439.96 gal (~ 2000L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-04 17:37:04
Last edit:: 2017-08-21 21:42:59

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Platax orbicularis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Platax orbicularis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Platax orbicularis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Forsskål, 1775)

Quite interesting species but not suitable for a small or medium reef tank. These fishes grow very rapidly and get way to large. It has been reported that this peacefull fish the might eat Aiptasia and even Mayano Sea anemomes.

Synonyms:
Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775
Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787
Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831
Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831
Platax guttulatuas Cuvier, 1831
Platax guttulatus Cuvier, 1831
Platax obricularis (Forsskål, 1775)
Platax orbicularia (Forsskål, 1775)
Platax orbicularius (Forsskål, 1775)
Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuroidei (Suborder) > Ephippidae (Family) > Platax (Genus) > Platax orbicularis (Species)

Scientific paper

Pelagic to demersal transition in a coral-reef fish, the orbicular batfish Platax orbicularis, Leis, J. M.; Hay, A. C.; Sasal, P.; Hicks, A. S.; Galzin, R. , 2013
Effects of prey density on nocturnal zooplankton predation throughout the ontogeny of juvenilePlatax orbicularis(Teleostei: Ephippidae), Breno Barros; Yoichi Sakai; Hiroaki Hashimoto; Kenji Gushima, 2011
Molecular detection of betanodavirus from the farmed fish, Platax orbicularis (Forsskal) (Ephippidae), in French Polynesia, R David; C Tréguier; C Montagnani; C Belliard; P Levy; G Nédélec; V Joufoques; G Remoissenet; Y Gueguen; N Cochennec-Laureau, 2010
Feeding behavior of leaf-like juveniles of the round batfishPlatax orbicularis(Ephippidae) on reefs of Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan, Breno Barros; Yoichi Sakai; Hiroaki Hashimoto; Kenji Gushima, 2008

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Scott Rettig (Flickr) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Adult

Foto: südliches Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

Platax orbicularis o. Gewöhnlicher Fledermausfisch

Juvenile

Foto: La Réunion, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

Semiadult

Platax orbicularis subadults, Orbicular batfish 2022

Group of fishes

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Platax orbicularis - Gewöhnlicher Fledermausfisch - November 2007 - Egypt - Red Sea - Safari - Canon PowerShot G7

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Hiroyuki Tanaka
@Hiroyuki Tanaka

am 20.05.05#2

Indo-Pacific; 57 cm; common
Seen in northern Japan from Iwate Prefecture; very common in our area, and very easy to catch, when floating like a leaf on the surface in nature; eats anything and grows fast, but needs a large tank; adult with an oval body with silvery coloration; my specimen became
feeding on foods directly from my hand

Zanclus1
@Zanclus1

am 16.10.04#1

Nach meiner Erfahrung fressen diese Fische, wenn sie größer werden, leider auch Scheibenanemonen.

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